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Post by Prince Hal on Oct 3, 2020 11:06:42 GMT -5
When it comes to scary films, the two that made me jump were the original Exorcist and the "IT" movie from a few years back. I, on the other hand, thought The Exorcist was hilarious. You should've seen the rest of the audience eyeing me as I laughed through all the "scary" parts. I find subtlety and implication much scarier than all the in-your-face antics of Captain Howdy.
Cei-U! Yes, I'm weird!
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Post by beccabear67 on Oct 3, 2020 13:06:27 GMT -5
I recommend the Val Lewton box set plus the in-depth Scorsese feature documentary. His I Walked With A Zombie is one of my all-time favorite B&W films... it's up there with Mockingbird, Kong and Soldier In The Rain (Gleason and McQueen), just great atmosphere! And there's Cat People too of course.
Those Japanese films, The Ring and The Grudge (Ringu and Ju-on I think some refer to them), were a lot of 'fun'. Even the American remakes are watchable.
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Post by berkley on Oct 3, 2020 13:39:21 GMT -5
The Ring was very good - the Japanese one, haven't seen the remake. I don't think I've seen Grudge/Ju-On. But the best Japanese horror I've seen from the 90s or early 2000s is Takashi Miike's Audition.
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Post by Prince Hal on Oct 3, 2020 13:53:20 GMT -5
I recommend the Val Lewton box set plus the in-depth Scorsese feature documentary. His I Walked With A Zombie is one of my all-time favorite B&W films... it's up there with Mockingbird, Kong and Soldier In The Rain (Gleason and McQueen), just great atmosphere! And there's Cat People too of course. Those Japanese films, The Ring and The Grudge (Ringu and Ju-on I think some refer to them), were a lot of 'fun'. Even the American remakes are watchable. I also like "Isle of the Dead," "Bedlam," and "The Seventh Victim" in particular. I would love to have seen him given one chance anyway at having a decent budget of time and money. Yes, sometimes restrictions increase creativity, but I don't think Lewton would have wasted either time or money had he been given a bit more of each. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2020 14:04:54 GMT -5
Isle of the Dead is fantastic. I saw it years ago on TCM, after someone (msybe Cei-U?) had mentioned Lewton's Cat People on the old board.
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Post by Prince Hal on Oct 3, 2020 15:02:31 GMT -5
Isle of the Dead is fantastic. I saw it years ago on TCM, after someone (msybe Cei-U?) had mentioned Lewton's Cat People on the old board. Try "Bedlam" and "Seventh Victim," too. Creepy. And of course either or both of the Cat People movies. |
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Post by Cei-U! on Oct 3, 2020 15:05:15 GMT -5
I, on the other hand, thought The Exorcist was hilarious. You should've seen the rest of the audience eyeing me as I laughed through all the "scary" parts. I find subtlety and implication much scarier than all the in-your-face antics of Captain Howdy.
Cei-U! Yes, I'm weird!
You must love Val Newton's movies, Kurt. [bad Ed McMahon impression] You are correct, sir! [/bad Ed McMahon impression]
Cei-U! Hi-yo!
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Post by Prince Hal on Oct 3, 2020 15:07:57 GMT -5
You must love Val Newton's movies, Kurt. [bad Ed McMahon impression] You are correct, sir! [/bad Ed McMahon impression]
Cei-U! Hi-yo!
Sounded just like him to me. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2020 15:17:35 GMT -5
Isle of the Dead is fantastic. I saw it years ago on TCM, after someone (msybe Cei-U?) had mentioned Lewton's Cat People on the old board. Try "Bedlam" and "Seventh Victim," too. Creepy. And of course either or both of the Cat People movies. I will if I can ever locate the Lewton boxset I bought. The only thing I love more than buying things is misplacing them. |
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Post by Prince Hal on Oct 3, 2020 16:46:46 GMT -5
Try "Bedlam" and "Seventh Victim," too. Creepy. And of course either or both of the Cat People movies. I will if I can ever locate the Lewton boxset I bought. The only thing I love more than buying things is misplacing them. The court well understands. |
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Post by Calidore on Oct 3, 2020 21:39:51 GMT -5
Count me in on the Val Lewton lovefest. I've got that box set also, and it's a treasure. Even the less good movies are still worthwhile. For example, the otherwise just okay Leopard Man includes a flawless six-minute suspense filmmaking masterclass partway in.
Regarding the Japanese films brought up here: I don't go for Takashi Miike's gruesome sadism at all, but I love a good ghost story and very much enjoyed the Grudge movies (both Japanese and American--all shared the same Japanese director and some of the cast). I actually liked the U.S. Ring better than the original Ringu.
Couple other very good ones I can recommend are Reincarnation (Rinne) by the director of the Grudge films, in which an actress hired for a film based on a mass murder starts seeing things; and The Abandoned, about an American woman who visits a property in Russia she has inherited, and Strange Things start happening.
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Post by shaxper on Oct 4, 2020 12:04:08 GMT -5
I recommend the Val Lewton box set plus the in-depth Scorsese feature documentary. His I Walked With A Zombie is one of my all-time favorite B&W films... it's up there with Mockingbird, Kong and Soldier In The Rain (Gleason and McQueen), just great atmosphere! And there's Cat People too of course. Those Japanese films, The Ring and The Grudge (Ringu and Ju-on I think some refer to them), were a lot of 'fun'. Even the American remakes are watchable. I also like "Isle of the Dead," "Bedlam," and "The Seventh Victim" in particular. I would love to have seen him given one chance anyway at having a decent budget of time and money. Yes, sometimes restrictions increase creativity, but I don't think Lewton would have wasted either time or money had he been given a bit more of each. The Body Snatcher remains my all-time favorite. Truly the only one in that set that doesn't do much for me is Leopard Man (and I never got around to watching the Cat People sequel). |
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Post by Batflunkie on Oct 4, 2020 18:56:38 GMT -5
Love horror films. I gravitate strongest to horror rich in atmosphere and imagery, but I can also enjoy the cheesier/trashier stuff. The only stuff I really dislike is torture porn, slasher sequelitis, and most everything Hollywood's produced since the 2000s. Give Hugh Jackman's Van Helsing from 2003 a watch. It feels like an old style horror film. Yes, the CGI hasn't held up all that well, but the film has this overall charming feel of camp that I just find infectious |
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Post by berkley on Oct 4, 2020 19:07:18 GMT -5
Love horror films. I gravitate strongest to horror rich in atmosphere and imagery, but I can also enjoy the cheesier/trashier stuff. The only stuff I really dislike is torture porn, slasher sequelitis, and most everything Hollywood's produced since the 2000s. Give Hugh Jackman's Van Helsing from 2003 a watch. It feels like an old style horror film. Yes, the CGI hasn't held up all that well, but the film has this overall charming feel of camp that I just find infectious Did it really? Maybe I'll give it a try. I thought my impression from the previews at the time was that it was more of a modern-style action & S/E oriented movie, but I don't really recall any details. Could be I just made that assumption because of Jackson's presence. |
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Post by Batflunkie on Oct 4, 2020 19:20:34 GMT -5
Give Hugh Jackman's Van Helsing from 2003 a watch. It feels like an old style horror film. Yes, the CGI hasn't held up all that well, but the film has this overall charming feel of camp that I just find infectious Did it really? Maybe I'll give it a try. I thought my impression from the previews at the time was that it was more of a modern-style action & S/E oriented movie, but I don't really recall any details. Could be I just made that assumption because of Jackson's presence. Yeah, it didn't review well at all at the time. It's not an amazing, life-changing viewing experience, but it is a fun little romp for what it is. |
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